MusicAlex RawlsMay 11, 2021Newport Folk Festival, festivals, New Orleans festivals, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, French Quarter Festival, Buku, Voodoo, COVID-19, Coronavirus, pandemic, 2021Comment

Newport Folk Festival is on for 2021; What Does That Mean for New Orleans?

MusicAlex RawlsMay 11, 2021Newport Folk Festival, festivals, New Orleans festivals, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, French Quarter Festival, Buku, Voodoo, COVID-19, Coronavirus, pandemic, 2021Comment

MusicAlex RawlsMay 06, 2021Polyphonic Spree, Tim DeLaughter, Afflatus, covers, Rush, Barry Manilow, INXS, cult, interview, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

Polyphonic Spree Releases a Souvenir of its Pre-Pandemic Plans

MusicAlex RawlsMay 06, 2021Polyphonic Spree, Tim DeLaughter, Afflatus, covers, Rush, Barry Manilow, INXS, cult, interview, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

MusicTatiana BrochinMarch 29, 2021Caly Pearse, New Orleans, singer, pop, R&B, Raj Smoove, pandemic, COVID-19, Coronavirus, The One You Won't Forget, promotionComment

High School and a Pandemic Won't Slow Down Caly Pearse

MusicTatiana BrochinMarch 29, 2021Caly Pearse, New Orleans, singer, pop, R&B, Raj Smoove, pandemic, COVID-19, Coronavirus, The One You Won't Forget, promotionComment

MusicVictoria ConwayMarch 24, 2021New Orleans, live music, Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Howlin' Wolf, Coronavirus, COVID-19, social distancing, capacityComment

Rebirth Brings Live Music Back to The Howlin' Wolf

MusicVictoria ConwayMarch 24, 2021New Orleans, live music, Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Howlin' Wolf, Coronavirus, COVID-19, social distancing, capacityComment

MusicAlex RawlsMarch 15, 2021Grammys, awards, Beyonce, Dua Lipa, BTS, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Trevor Noah, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Black Pumas, winners, performancesComment

The Grammys Recap 2020, Sell the Music Business & Its Awards

MusicAlex RawlsMarch 15, 2021Grammys, awards, Beyonce, Dua Lipa, BTS, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Trevor Noah, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Black Pumas, winners, performancesComment

Alex RawlsMarch 12, 2021Hogs for the Cause, New Orleans, festival, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Robert Randolph, Old Crow Medicine ShowComment

Old Crow, Robert Randolph Headline Hogs for the Cause June 4-5

Alex RawlsMarch 12, 2021Hogs for the Cause, New Orleans, festival, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Robert Randolph, Old Crow Medicine ShowComment

MusicAlex RawlsMarch 11, 2021Our Spilt Milk, vaporwave, numero group, Numero 95, Art of Noise, Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street, nostalgia, COVID-19, pandemic, Coronavirus, screen time, Circulatory System, Signal Morning, indie rock, rock, legendComment

Our Spilt Milk: Proto-Vaporwave and the Romanticized "Exile"

MusicAlex RawlsMarch 11, 2021Our Spilt Milk, vaporwave, numero group, Numero 95, Art of Noise, Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street, nostalgia, COVID-19, pandemic, Coronavirus, screen time, Circulatory System, Signal Morning, indie rock, rock, legendComment

MusicAlex RawlsFebruary 08, 2021Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, indie rock, reopen, Brandon Daniel, Branden Kempt, Ron Richard, live music, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

Gasa Gasa Reopens with New Owner, New Concert Series

MusicAlex RawlsFebruary 08, 2021Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, indie rock, reopen, Brandon Daniel, Branden Kempt, Ron Richard, live music, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

MusicAlex RawlsFebruary 04, 2021Voodoo Music and Arts Experience, Covid, COVID-19, Coronavirus, website, social media, dormant, inactive, New Orleans, OctoberComment

Where's Voodoo?

MusicAlex RawlsFebruary 04, 2021Voodoo Music and Arts Experience, Covid, COVID-19, Coronavirus, website, social media, dormant, inactive, New Orleans, OctoberComment

MusicAlex RawlsFebruary 02, 2021festivals, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Buku, Voodoo, Coronavirus, COVID-19, October, 2021Comment

The New Orleans Fall Festival Season Tipsheet

MusicAlex RawlsFebruary 02, 2021festivals, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Buku, Voodoo, Coronavirus, COVID-19, October, 2021Comment

MusicAlex RawlsJanuary 15, 2021Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Voodoo Music and Arts Experience, Buku Music + Arts Project, New Orleans, festivals, schedule, October, Coronavirus, COVID-19Comment

French Quarter Fest, Jazz Fest Move to a Crowded October

MusicAlex RawlsJanuary 15, 2021Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Voodoo Music and Arts Experience, Buku Music + Arts Project, New Orleans, festivals, schedule, October, Coronavirus, COVID-19Comment

MusicAlex RawlsJanuary 01, 2021Coronavirus, COVID-19, festivals, Jazz Fest, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, French Quarter Festival, Voodoo Music and Arts Experience, Voodoo, Buku, Buku Music + Arts Project, postpone, cancellation, messaging, communications, public relations, New OrleansComment

2021 Starts with Silence from New Orleans' Springtime Festivals

MusicAlex RawlsJanuary 01, 2021Coronavirus, COVID-19, festivals, Jazz Fest, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, French Quarter Festival, Voodoo Music and Arts Experience, Voodoo, Buku, Buku Music + Arts Project, postpone, cancellation, messaging, communications, public relations, New OrleansComment

MusicTatiana BrochinDecember 11, 2020indie rock, New Orleans, Gasa Gasa, Circle Bar, Strange Daisy, Sisters in Christ Records, Bryan Funck, Thou, Patrick Bailey, Rachel Bailey, COVID-19, Coronavirus, shutdownComment

The Indie Rock Business Struggles to Deal with Life Without Gigs

MusicTatiana BrochinDecember 11, 2020indie rock, New Orleans, Gasa Gasa, Circle Bar, Strange Daisy, Sisters in Christ Records, Bryan Funck, Thou, Patrick Bailey, Rachel Bailey, COVID-19, Coronavirus, shutdownComment

MusicTatiana BrochinNovember 06, 2020Tank and the Bangas, Friend Goals, Self Care, To Be Real, COVID-19, Coronavirus, New Orleans, funk, hip-hop, video, press conferenceComment

Tank and the Bangas Explain their "Friend Goals"

MusicTatiana BrochinNovember 06, 2020Tank and the Bangas, Friend Goals, Self Care, To Be Real, COVID-19, Coronavirus, New Orleans, funk, hip-hop, video, press conferenceComment

MusicAlex Rawls and Tatiana BrochinOctober 19, 2020COVID-19, Coronavirus, festivals, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Buku, New Orleans, tourism, vaccine, 2021Comment

Bonnaroo's Moved, Coachella May Have. What About New Orleans' Spring Festivals?

MusicAlex Rawls and Tatiana BrochinOctober 19, 2020COVID-19, Coronavirus, festivals, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Buku, New Orleans, tourism, vaccine, 2021Comment

MusicAlex RawlsOctober 12, 2020Circle Bar, New Orleans, live music, closed, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Kelly Keller, Lefty Parker, indie rock, independent music, House of BluesComment

What's Lost When We Lose The Circle Bar

MusicAlex RawlsOctober 12, 2020Circle Bar, New Orleans, live music, closed, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Kelly Keller, Lefty Parker, indie rock, independent music, House of BluesComment

MusicAlex Rawls and Tatiana BrochinOctober 09, 2020Lucinda Williams, Lu's Jukebox, livestream, live-streamed concerts, Tiptina's, COVID-19, Coronavirus, benefit, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, country music, AmericanaComment

Lucinda Williams Launches Live-Stream Series to Help Tipitina's, Independent Music Venues

MusicAlex Rawls and Tatiana BrochinOctober 09, 2020Lucinda Williams, Lu's Jukebox, livestream, live-streamed concerts, Tiptina's, COVID-19, Coronavirus, benefit, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, country music, AmericanaComment

MusicAlex Rawls and Tatiana BrochinSeptember 03, 2020New Orleans, live music, Tipitina's, Tipitinas.TV, live-streamed concerts, Galactic, Robert Mercurio, Austin City Limits, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

Tipitinas.TV Hopes to be New Orleans' "Austin City Limits"

MusicAlex Rawls and Tatiana BrochinSeptember 03, 2020New Orleans, live music, Tipitina's, Tipitinas.TV, live-streamed concerts, Galactic, Robert Mercurio, Austin City Limits, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

MusicDevorah Levy-PearlmanAugust 21, 2020New Orleans, Gasa Gasa, COVID-19, Coronavirus, National Independent Venue Association, independent music venues, Freret, closure, for sale, indie music, Preservation HallComment

Is Gasa Gasa a Sign of What's to Come?

MusicDevorah Levy-PearlmanAugust 21, 2020New Orleans, Gasa Gasa, COVID-19, Coronavirus, National Independent Venue Association, independent music venues, Freret, closure, for sale, indie music, Preservation HallComment

MusicAlex RawlsAugust 13, 2020Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, live music venues, reopen, Reopen Every Venue Safely, City Hall, New Orleans, musicians, venues, music venuesComment

Put Venue Reopening in the Hands of the Music Community

MusicAlex RawlsAugust 13, 2020Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, live music venues, reopen, Reopen Every Venue Safely, City Hall, New Orleans, musicians, venues, music venuesComment

MusicAlex RawlsAugust 12, 2020Pandemic Playlist, Spotify, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Americana, Margo Price, Prince, Waxahatchee, Fontaines D.C., rock, dance music, funk, R&B, EDM, Victoria MonetComment

Pandemic Playlist: "Bad Decisions"

MusicAlex RawlsAugust 12, 2020Pandemic Playlist, Spotify, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Americana, Margo Price, Prince, Waxahatchee, Fontaines D.C., rock, dance music, funk, R&B, EDM, Victoria MonetComment

MusicAlex RawlsJuly 30, 2020live-streamed concerts, intimacy, New York Times, Coronavirus, COVID-19, social distancing, live music, The Chainsmokers, Hamptons, photographs, July Mini Fest, Herd Immunity Festival, SmashmouthComment

Mandatory Reading: Live-Stream Pros and Cons; Chainsmokers and Smashmouth Live

MusicAlex RawlsJuly 30, 2020live-streamed concerts, intimacy, New York Times, Coronavirus, COVID-19, social distancing, live music, The Chainsmokers, Hamptons, photographs, July Mini Fest, Herd Immunity Festival, SmashmouthComment

MusicAlex RawlsJuly 27, 2020Coronavirus, COVID-19, Save Our Stages Act, RESTART Act, Senate, Legislature, stimulus, NIVA, National Independent Venue Association, John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Texas, Minnesota, First Avenue, New Orleans, Gasa Gasa, Tipitina'sComment

Help #SaveOurStages Save Our Stages

MusicAlex RawlsJuly 27, 2020Coronavirus, COVID-19, Save Our Stages Act, RESTART Act, Senate, Legislature, stimulus, NIVA, National Independent Venue Association, John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Texas, Minnesota, First Avenue, New Orleans, Gasa Gasa, Tipitina'sComment

MusicAlex RawlsJuly 24, 2020live-streamed concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, drive-in concert, social distancing, Pinchurch, Erin McKeown, Sweet Crude, Andre Bohren, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Kitchen Covers, Cabin Fever, laptopComment

Live-Streams Will Outlive Drive-In Concerts

MusicAlex RawlsJuly 24, 2020live-streamed concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, drive-in concert, social distancing, Pinchurch, Erin McKeown, Sweet Crude, Andre Bohren, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Kitchen Covers, Cabin Fever, laptopComment